pirsquared

thats the one i got when i bought the camera

haven't had a free night to try it out so can't comment on it

but it does block ir, confirmed by trying to change channel with the filter over the remote lol

i would get an ir filter, i think its necessary for planetary imageing

plus a lens cap will protect things down in the camera

i got my adaptor and cap ftom billetparts

Billet Parts / Vintage & Classic Spares

i don't think he does ir filters though.

i think sharpcap does work on xp

here's a thread all about it, its even written by one of the members

http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-discussion/112757-sharpcap-free-astro-webcam-capture-software.html

thats the easy part

use a little screw driver to lever off thefocus wheel and then the black plastic lens assembly should just unscrew, then screw in your 1/4" adaptor, all set to astro image, well nearly, you just need some capture software, i've had to use sharpcap as its the only one that will work on a win7 64bit R2 unit.

this thread gives details of settings for brightness, gamma, gain etc

http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-discussion/120621-spc900-webcam-queries.html

your also gonna need registax to convert your movie files (.avi) to a picture.

if i wasn't off to the pub (and i'd polar aligned my scope) i'd be out now as the skys are brilliantly clear and jupiter is shing bright, plus the moon should be up soon

paul

does it say its a spc900?

aye that caught me out as well

you need to have the camera running for wcrmac to see the camera

i believe they are still the same chip, so you should still be able to flash it to a spc900

good luck

hello all, this is my first post...

i got myself the philips webcam and did all the flashing etc

but i cant find a way of turning the light off on the webcam,

its only a small light but i bet its bright enough to ruin night vision,

perhaps a peoce of trusty old gaffa tape will surfice.

on another point i could not get k3ccd tools to work on my r2 unit (win7 64bit)

but sharpcap works perfect.

thanks for all the info.

paul